PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL Announces Final Round of Artists for 60th Anniversary Event Martin Stage Melee Winner Announced Weekend Schedule Now Available on Festival Website; Weekend and Single Day Passes on Sale Now Upper Salford Township, PA (July 20, 2022) – Philadelphia Folk Festival has announced a final round of artists set to perform at its 60th anniversary celebrationRead more
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MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, AMERICAN ACOUSTIC: PUNCH BROTHERS AND WATCHHOUSE FEATURING SARAH JAROSZ, and THE WAR and TREATY to Headline, Joined by ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER, AOIFE O’DONOVAN and More Tickets on Sale Now for August 18-21, 2022 Event Upper Salford Township, PA (May 17, 2022) – Philadelphia Folk Festival has announced the lineup forRead more
The Philadelphia Folksong Society Presents: KYSHONA Free for Members | $16 Not-Yet-Members | $20 Doors ‘This is protest music for a new generation’ – No Depression PFS is thrilled to present Kyshona, live, and in-person Saturday, April 30th at our PFS venue. We are able to offer two ways to watchRead more
Tier 1 Tickets On Sale Now!! The Philadelphia Folksong Society (PFS) is very proud to announce that the oldest continuously run outdoor music festival in North America, the legendary Philadelphia Folk Festival (PFF), will return to the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township, August 18-21 to celebrate their 60th Anniversary in person! After pivotingRead more
The Philadelphia Folksong Society is thrilled to announce that the 60th edition of the Philadelphia Folk Festival will take place Aug 18-22, 2022 on the Old Pool Farm in beautiful Upper Salford Township, PA. The PFS Board of Directors looks forward to reconnecting with our community as we celebrate this historical event, in person andRead more
We are devastated to share that Koady Chaisson from The East Pointers has passed away at the age of 37. The charismatic banjo player, tenor guitarist and Moog player for the band, alongside vocalist and fiddle player Tim Chaisson, and guitarist/keyboard player Jake Charron joined us at the 2019 Philadelphia Folk Festival and became instantRead more
(AUG 13, 2021 – PHILADELPHIA) The Philadelphia Folksong Society is thrilled to share the full lineup for the Digital Philadelphia Folk Festival, presented online, this Aug 21-22nd. As the virus has returned in the form of a highly infectious variant, PFF had to flip the in-person festival, literally overnight, to a fully online format inRead more
DIGITAL TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT FOLKFEST.ORG (AUGUST 10, 2021 – PHILADELPHIA) The Philadelphia Folksong Society announces with great sadness the cancellation of the IN-PERSON portion of the 59½ Pocket-Sized Philadelphia Folk Festival, and will present the Festival entirely online this Aug 21-22nd. PFS is going forward with the Online portion of theRead more
Make Sure To Get Your Digital Ticket To PFF 59 1/2 To Get On Demand Archives Access FOR THE FULL MONTH OF AUGUST! If you bought a digital ticket to the 59 1/2 Philadelphia Folk Festival, in addition to the incredible music you’ll get ALL FEST LONG, August 21 & 22, you get accessRead more
Philadelphia Folksong Society Announces the In-Person Lineup For The 59½ Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival Pocket-Sized Edition Aug 21-22, 2021 @ Spring Mountain Ski Area Upper Salford Township, PA (July 1, 2021 – PHILADELPHIA) The Philadelphia Folksong Society is very proud to announce the in-person lineup for their 59½ Philadelphia Folk Festival – Pocket-Sized EditionRead more